Scott Brown Got Late Push From Wall Street

Financial firms poured $450,000 into his Senate campaign

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In the 6 days before the special election for US senator from Massachusetts, employees of financial companies gave a whopping $450,000 to Scott Brown. The donations came just after President Obama proposed a fee on Wall Street’s biggest players to help pay back lost TARP funds. The influx of cash to the GOP candidate could portend a major push to both kill financial regulation and elect Republicans this fall, the Boston Globe reports.

Brown never told voters where he stood on the financial regulation legislation currently before Congress, but he said he was against regulation in general. He came out squarely against the fee on big banks, saying, “We already have enough taxation.” Asked if he’d be influenced by the donations, he replied, “I’m not aware of who gave me what, ‘cause I was just doing my job.”

Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown, addresses supporters in Foxborough, Mass., at the final stop of his three-day "thank you" tour across the state Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010.
(AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)

@DLY "@Carol. You can't win an argument with a liberal by using facts and common sense." no shit? did you just say that? right on, at least you know you've already lost the argument, since you 'and yours' scarcely use facts and common sense... using those 'fox news' talking points will get you nowhere, ty for admitting it!

odowd80

Feb 2, 2010 11:48 AM CST

@Carol: Your statistics show nothing except that Wall Street knows how to pick a winner. If McCain were the stronger candidate, they would have backed him.

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